This deliverable presents a comparative analysis of discourses and justifications of security and risk in newspapers in ten countries both within EU (Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Spain, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland) and outside of the EU (Mexico, the USA) as well as in...

In this discussion paper series, the Prague SECONIMICS team intends toallow the broader academic community to take part in an on-goingdiscussion about the risks and threats, as well as trade-offs, betweenthemselves and security. This research focus stems from the fact thatuntil n...

This deliverable combines qualitative and quantitative survey methods to provide an analysis of communication channels and patterns between policy makers, stakeholders (i.e. companies), and citizens in the areas of security and risk in regards to three specific areas – air...

The Sociological Library is a modern specialised library, which is intended to serve the needs of researchers, students, and the wider academic community. Library collection contains just about 25 thousand volumes. All items are available for use in the library study hall and abo...

Text analyses turnout in European Parliament elections in the Czech Republic using individual-level data from post-election survey. It searches into the four main sources of electoral turnout in European parliament elections: socio-demographic characteristics, political attitudes...

The aim of this article is to signify the profile of the Czech politoval parties from the point of view of thein voters and with reference to some fundamentals determinant of voting behaviour. Text tries to apply the teoretic bases and empirical research to the current Czech part...

The Public Opinion Research Centre (CVVM) conducts regular omnibus surveys focusing on observing the developments and changes in public opinion. These public opinion surveys regularly include questions on political, economic, and other social topics. The department also addresses...

The publication presents more than just theoretical approaches, it puts forth a complex and very well-grounded overview of several dimensions and conceptualizations of the given phenomenon, collectively ordered according to the concept of agenda-setting. Despite the usually delim...

The chapter is focused on description and analysis of data from panel survey and independent public opinion surveys conducted in the second quarter of 2008 concerning respondent’s answers to a question which recent all-society events they consider to be most important.